Social networks and GIS diffusion in Greece: Disciplinary heterogeneity and constructed advantage within the Greek GIS community

Networks in Transport and Communications: A Policy Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 153-174

  Assimakopoulos, Dimitris G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780429445835-8     Document Type: Chapter

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